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Background and Current Practice

Currently, data resources and APIs are rarely exposed by library services, and may require special permissions. Some library vendors require additional contract payments in order to provide API access. Data rights restrictions are frequently undeclared and are not always well-understood.

Goal

Expose data to be used in third-party applications.

Use Case Scenario

Users provide their own applications on top of the data, which can be shared and disseminated without fear of the data disappearing, rights issues, etc.

Such applications may want holdings and availability data, hours and location data, etc. in order to provide mashups. Added-value services could also be provided.

Application of linked data for the given use case

Linked data makes it easy to mashup and combine data. Less understanding of data formats is required.